I Am So Tired Of Political Parties And Partisan...

Democrat Richard Blumenthal lied about his military service, Republican Mark Kirk lied about an award he won during his military service, Jan Brewer lied about her father's death for Christ's sake.

Obama, who I voted for, should have been in the Gulf on DAY ONE of this oil crisis. Bush wasn't there on Day One during Katrina and I and many others criticized him for that. However the same people who criticized Bush for his mishandling of Katrina are not criticizing Obama for not being down there on day one, with a few exceptions like James Carville who is from Louisiana. Now I know that Obama couldn't really do anything if he had gone down there but it would have set a better example than Bush set when it came to handling a crisis that is destroying people's lives.

Political parties make it o.k. for us to chastize "their guys" for egregious acts and then justify "our guys" when they do the same thing. I'm tired of it. All leaders and politicians should be held to the same standards regardless of what party they are in.

Hypocrisy is the common trait that members of the Democratic and Republican parties share. Politicians are too busy putting what is good for the Party ahead of what is good for the people.

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Jean R B. Jun 3, 2010, 11:39am UTC

This is the season for all and any lies that make you look good to voters.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 11:48am UTC

I know and I can't stand it, especially when partisan people defend the lies of some and criticize the lies of others

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Peter Joseph Swanson Jun 3, 2010, 11:43am UTC

Politics gets to be a bit much.

Maybe Obama should have been in the gulf on day 5? On day one there was no national crises. The BP disaster has been such an odd slow motion disaster. We were first even told that there was no oil leaking at all. It took a few days for the water to prove them wrong. Has BP gotten anything correct? But don't get me started.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 11:50am UTC

Maybe not on Day One but he should have been there sooner than he was. BP effed things up from the very beginning and it almost seems naive of our government to think that BP CEOs would have been honest about the crisis instead of trying to cover their own butts.

William Windsor Jun 3, 2010, 2:08pm UTC

"Maybe not on Day One but he should have been there sooner than he was."

And done what? Stand around with his hands in his pockets, watching robotic submersibles on tv? The Coast Guard was there on day one, exactly like they should have been.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 2:22pm UTC

"Stand around with his hands in his pockets, watching robotic submersibles on tv?"

Well you could say the same thing about BP's CEO. He's there but technically he's not doing anything. However he is at least getting a hands on feel of the situation.

Obama could have at least come down to the gulf when the crisis first became obvious but it's apparent that he chose to trust BP and refused to own the situation from the very beginning. That's how I see his handling of the situation anyway.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 2:47pm UTC

I'm certainly not defending BP's CEO though. He has been incredibly idiotic and insensitive from the very beginning.

Peter Joseph Swanson Jun 3, 2010, 2:54pm UTC

>almost seems naive of our government to think

Yeah, even Obama has said something that I was thinking too, that one would have thought the oil companies would just know how to plug leaks by now. One would just assume that would be something we don't have to worry about.

Well, we do.

(So we're supposed to trust nuclear plants, too???!!!)

I'm not worried about who Obama trusted, this being all so technical, but the Coast Guard might be the ones who will end up looking a lot duller than they're supposed to, about oil and water.

William Windsor Jun 3, 2010, 3:23pm UTC

To ask the president to engage in the meaningless gesture of flying down to Louisiana, when in the early days of the incident he was throughly briefed at the White House, is beyond stupid. Later, when it became apparent that BP didn't know what they were doing, okay, but still the US government doesn't have any tools to deal with this kind of accident.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 3:29pm UTC

The people in the Gulf area have made it pretty clear that the gesture wouldn't have been meaningless to them.

Holly~Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History~ C. Jun 3, 2010, 3:31pm UTC

And there is a big difference between being thoroughly briefed at the White House and seeing things first hand.

Peter Joseph Swanson Jun 3, 2010, 3:52pm UTC

He's made two trips so far, that I know of. The worse is yet to come.

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Peter Joseph Swanson Jun 3, 2010, 11:46am UTC

I didn't need Bush to be in New Orleans but some FEMA or something official would have been nice in the first weeks. How long did it take for anybody other than news teams and college volunteers to be there? If college kids can pass out water, and news can shoot it, then it's safe enough for the nation guard, for crying out loud. But don't get me started.